FCT organises health week
The FCT Primary Health Care Board (FPHCB) has called on the media to support publicity for the 2025 second-phase Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW). Dr. Ruquayya Wamako, Executive Secretary of the FPHCB, made the call at a one-day media orientation on Friday. She said the five-day exercise is scheduled to run from Saturday, […]
The FCT Primary Health Care Board (FPHCB) has called on the media to support publicity for the 2025 second-phase Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW).
Dr. Ruquayya Wamako, Executive Secretary of the FPHCB, made the call at a one-day media orientation on Friday.
She said the five-day exercise is scheduled to run from Saturday, Nov. 22, to Wednesday, Nov. 26.
Represented by Dr. Okoli Nicholas, Acting Director of Primary Health Care, Wamako said media support is crucial to mobilise mothers of children under five, as well as pregnant women, to participate in the programme.
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She stated that the week-long activity aims to strengthen the health of FCT residents, noting that field officers had already been deployed for the exercise. (NAN)